Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-04

was not anxious ina: there should be I
much visiting between that p,gce and !
humble Rose C9rt6ce.
R-Cilsld Talbot remarked nat Amvrs /
deep interest IN Mechanics lover 7,as con. I
sidera5ly blended with smother interest /
il his friend ihe IIussar, many Ct whose /
simple remarks, Little compliments and !
even mere COmGoGplaces, sle repeated /
more than ones, as # they seemed 10 have [
impressed har.
With tG5 ,Isrpered irtl,lir=-ea n,cul- (
Isl 10 TIE siLLa, or ta2 s..tL. Vs.cAer, /
he was Tot s.ow 70 observe, toe. now .
Amy, tendelly and Ioy.G@,7, wiz aer /
quick Little hands, disposed q Nus /
graves bouquet n vase Of y.ztc-, IS ljI
wishing carefully to preserve every .eat
AMI hover thereof - the last.
When Horace hIUsgTsye Came e-z.r, 1
sitter sr interval, with L91ata.e, CT pre-
tsGue ~ bringing some book ior HIN, he
say now ACly's color heightened ecl E,r
manner changed, AMI fel. sueILy how ae,
himself, became c second figure in the
canvas q her picture; cGG leU. tlougo
she was never less kind, her friendly pet
ting Of him ceased. lie fel. Il al 1-
stilctiyeiy, sud With growing psil; ye-,
what Was re, % have the place lover
would occupy II yours girls Gea-t?
She GlC&mevery silent Aftar Musgrsye's
departure, and seemed solely intent on
fashionirg mysterious affair n Coi0Tet
silks for 6 charity baZas~.
/ Raginall's eyes had 8 sad, yCsr1irg
/ ard "lthtUl expression IL them whenever
/ they fell on the downcast lace OF the cir,
/ VINO seemed TO have enjoyed herself with
an effort under his glsuce, who he actual
ly felt glad was gong home to StOhan-
cross, though the distance YVES trIhing,
and whom ne startled by tossing impa-
tiently aside the books Musgraye had
brought MIN.
"You look tired, Reggie" said she,
"and yet"
81 haye net been walking you would
say" ne Interrupted, gIs1cing at MS half
useless limbs. "Weu, l an tired-tired
in heart, il mind aad body; even death
would be g relief, think, from such a
life as mine!"
"What has come 10 you, Reggie,''
whispered Melsnie, putting one arm
round him CsTressiDgly.
"Well," said ne, with G forced smile,
~ was only thinking that you women are
like msckarel, as We used to s2y in the
I0is-fOnd Of scarlet bGit-yet they like
blue sometimes"
= The Hussars wear blue" said Dick
miscbieyously; "don't 1 Just wish I were
q HussaT -
Amy now grew pale as the boy spoke
On the other hand, the bearing Of
Reginald Talbot aud Amy sorely exer
cised the mind Of Musgraye, who speech,
detec'ed eomethiDg Of petul21ce in Il
! former.
gffFor1 zhn--p rrocf11-n 90 I-,rf -.!..1.l--
: OF energy, and gillish besuty-think o
binding herself to an invaId-to the fu
. tUre and hopeless Life OF SICK nurse?
IS imposs.Dle." he muttered, as he suckel
{ yiciOusly st his brIar-rOot; Sin 8 year sac
would be eating her heart out"
Z Occupied by their own th0ughts-M0n
tauge L0lsdale Of his impending depart.
Z GTa, and his hampered ergGgement wit,
Z AIel2aie, with whom ne continued L
+ have many 9 meeting now the barUne
U OF his-as yet be1fied wishes in the sans
c quarter; and Horace Musgraye in tn.
5 ardour Of grand passion, his first, let u
t nope, Of thar kind, for Amy Brandon ,tne
were not very lively society for csc.
$ other in such huge barracks as Ravens
/ bourne Hall, till other friends came, az,
!, the movements Of the two milit8ryfrienG
/ could be less remarked
o LOusda.e was soon able to perceiv
! that, although r ginald Talbot and Mus
: grSve must have had many sYmpathie
q end topics in common concerning thei
recent service in Egypt, the former di
u net affect the society Of the latter much
u but seemed rather to avoid it.
Z. And Reginald discovered incidentally
d with many s parg, that on several coca
t siOns when Amy did not, as was her won
u appear at Rose Cottage, the Hussar he
4 ridden over to the Vicarage, and ha
}, spent there many an hour or 50 with Dr.
i BrendODja bOoklsh old gentleman, who's
t society could scarcely be deemed the sol
: attraction of such visits to 8 young caya
= ~ officer.
: What did it all mean:
Only this, that new and subtle sens
e of delight had come over the hearts
u Amy and Of Musgraye, who seemed
% thoughtful, earnest, and good style
! young fellow; and who, spart from II
Il usual bearing, polish, and sir of tie cay
e airy man, had many good and sterlln
IS qualities Of head and heart. Thus til
simplicity, freshness, and innocence
re Amy, with her brightness and chndIiE
~ esDieglerie, charmed him beyond any gi
N IL gne world he moved in.
= He seemed to feel his soul swell SUI
> denly within him when some chance wol
81 fe;l rom her lips, OF when her brigl
% taEciog eyes, the color CT whiC
/ Re Cyuld scarcely determine
il Gales3 they were Ike dsrk parp
p&nsies-met MS, but cOyly now, for 81
Z; knew he loved her, aid their expressic
"a became more yearning, Childlike 81
= soft; willie lie WGs never weary Of hol
+ irg her LITTLE white hands in his, cares
- ipglg, aId telling her how dear 10 hi
- see had suddenly become.
- All she had read of in novels and ii;
p al the bright daydreams CT q your
IN girls heart-seemed achieved Gr
= summed up now; ell the more s
= thgt "HCrace-desrest Horace WIS
20 every way acceptable to her parent
n snd she had not to plsy the double gan
a, allotted to poor Melanie; and thoua
~ some brief separation from Horace migI
- come, she had none to lear then, and 8
went merry with them.
To Amy it seemed, as Wordsworth say:
~ "IIe spoke Of love, such love as spirits feel,
- 10 words whose course Is cquable and pur
i No fears TO beat away-no strife 10 heal
J. Inc past unsigned for, and the future sure
n Yet there was nothing OF the spirltu
I. IL Horace Musgrave-2 manly young fe
r low who rode straight to hounds; YVES
! prime bowler and OaTsman; q mstChle:
round dancer, and was great st ten
"a pegglrg, polo, lemons liCirg, tiIting
7e the ring, and many ether things, WniC
e. any was 10 see il TIE tine 10 come.
And yet, though TO the world abo1